Palace and local master artisans on Tuesday night finished the expertly hand-carved banana stalks, featuring vegetables and flowers, that will decorate the outside of the Royal Pyre – Phra Chittakathan, as it is known in Thai – and prevent the flames from spreading outwards.

The leading Thai artisans who expertly hand-carved the banana tree trunks used for decorating the Royal Pyre of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej gathered on Sunday to pay their final tributes to the beloved monarch.

Office of Traditional Arts expert sculptor Pitak Chalermlao, who is leading artisans to craft sculptures to adorn His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Royal pyre, agreed to remove the logos of Google, Facebook and Apple from a controversial Garuda statue on Wednesday.